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THE FAIRFIELD HERALD
Published Every Wednesday at
WINNSB OR O, S. C,
By
Desportes, Williams & Co.
TERMS.-IN AD VANCE.
One Copy one year, - - $ 3 00
Five " - - - 1260
Ten " " 25 00
Forgery - Head Olerk Treasury Depart
ment in L mbo.
Yesterday, one of i he most cunning.
ly devised. villninous and daring
rPhelteos of rascality was disclosed.
W. W. Snmpson, head clerk of the
State 'resurv Department, and one
Captain Metcalf, Inte of the United
States army, and who fi,nred exten.
sively in South Carolina at. the close of
the. wnr na coniniandant of the Post
At A bbeville, Bennfurt, and other parts
of the State, nre the guilty parties, as
e , far discovered. The facts of the
casie, as we leare" themt, are as follow
The State, in 1859, issued bonds
pntynhle in live years, to the amount of
$310,000, in aid of the Blhte Ridge
Railroad.- The bends were taken by
the Blue RitidLg Railroad C"ropany at
p-tr. 1t be used-by the in in the construe
ton of their road. A nnnber of these
bonds, which had not beer, tuned, were
stoh.n by a raiding party of Fedaal
soldiers, which passed t.hrough Pendle.
ton, S. C., about the close of the war.
In 1866, two years after said bonds
became due, the Legislat ure paIs9ed an
act utlorizmng the foundation of past.
dti- bonds atil the conpons thereo'
Tnd."r this act it was ascettated. in
1867, by the President. of the Blue
Ritgo Rnilroad, Gen. J. AV. Harrison
that the identical bmida stolen in
Pendleton had been funded, having
probably been sol,d to somec inn,eet
parties at the North ; but a large
amotunt of t: C,l,un3 wero0n'ot prt,
stwted to be funtled. H tving free nc.
cess to Itie books, Sampson was enabled
to find out precisely what coupons were
tmuiesirg ; and proceedintg upon this
kaowledge, he and Mutcalf concocted a
sweet little plan of appropriating some
$42,000 ; arid if successful, there is no
telling; to what extent, they may have
cartied tleir thievish propensities.
Sampson, as clerk of the Treasury
senlds 0n IL genuine conupOt to a pri2tit'g
house in Auburn, N. Y., wthero Metcalf
now lives, and ordurs fac similei
struck off, to the amount of $42,000
The genuine coupon boing merely
a'ereot.yped was easily counterfeited ;
but tho printing house in Auburn sns
pecting som.tthing to be amiss, reported
the natter to the detectives 22 New
York cit.y, att thy to Constable H-inh.
bard hore. Plans for their detection
were at onco set on foot, letters were
intercepttd, a large batch of the forged
coup->ns 'seized while in transitu be
tween Sampson and Metcalf, and yea
ti;rdav, having obtained such unqlttes.
tionu ;1le vvilence of Ih- guilt of the
parties, Hubbard arrested Sampson here,
and at th simo time Mteall was er
rtsted in Ahurn. Sampson is now in
jail, and bail to the amount of $'25,(00
being requiir'd l'or his release, will p)ro
habIly remaini t.ht-rte till rthe time of tril.
WVe have it. from goodl authiorit y that
111he0 intiations are that more persons in1
anid ablout, thbe capit.al than W. \V.
Sampsonr aro imiplicat.ed int hits crime.
"God( save the State l"--Southern
Guaerdian. ---
PASS Hut Anot'so.--Our exchmanges
in this and neighboring States will
oblige us by inserting the annexed
dlescription) of a man calling himself
Wiliamti E'. Harris, bailing fronm Ma
ryland, in the vioinity of Frederjo
City, and who has been guilty of ob
faming money undler falso pt-etences
in the community. Heo is an accom
plished imposter, and we would guard
the public against him: -Said H-arris
is about fift.y year of age, five feot
ten or eleven inches high, weighs
about 215 pounds, fair complexion,
anid blue eyes. He has a small red
mole undler his loft eye, and a small
round scar on his loft temple. Whon
excited ho has a peculiar motion of
thte head, as is slightly palsied, and
this is also observable itn his bands
uder simiilar oircumestances. Hec has
the appearance of a franik, honest
character, and is well calculated to
delOCivo the publio in any capacity.
An derson Intel ligen eer.
ODn Far.s.ows' Oru.ERRA'rIoN IN
Sausaca'R, N. C.--The Old North
Stat., of the 29th ult., published at
Salisbury, N. C., in roticing the cole.
bration by the Odd Fellows in that
place, pays the following well deserv.
ed compliment to the Rev. E. J.
M~eynardie, who was the orator of the
Teaddress of the orator of the
day, Roy. E. J. Meyntardie, of the
South Carolina Conferoence, was re
ceived with universal satisfaction, as
well s an able and truthful exposi.
tion of the principles and objects of
the order. The effect was heightened
by the eloquent manner int which it
was delivered. The distitnguished
orattor fully sustuiuod the reputation
which preceded bimi here as an able,
chaste and eloquent speaker.
T,sa RgPUnrf:c4N PAaR BF.TUaY3f.
We clip the following tit-bit from the
Georgie Rpusbcan, JBry ant's paper:
" Is is wel.krtown to the leading
Re publicans of Georgia that Overnor
Bullock and Blodgett,have given office
to a large ntugther.. of the Democrats.
INeatrly iid1 'of the Judges of th Su~
perior ,t rro Demaoprste, and an1QO
than half o the S ol qitors. Genqral
atreemograty, and te lrge niutuberof
Stpplyeesp of the Stat' ,Rdad are
osoorts. SncJ Bd ett, wa ani.
pointed Democrats to ,fice. His as.'
sistant is a' well known Demooritio
politician of Atlanta. The Republi
can party has been betrayed."
The following corn municat ion forms
an appropriate cunclusiun to this ar
tiule, and explains itself
Editors 'hronicle and Sentinel, Au.
guetu, Ga.: The following resolu
tions were adopted by the colored
citizens of Augusta, at their ratifica
tion yesterday, which you will please
publish :
Resolecel, That we hail the contri
butions of money nade, by numbers
of white fellow-citizens, to the cele
bration of to-day, as a harbinger of
good feeling to exist in the era of
peace now dawning upon us.
?eaolred, ''hat we tender our sin
cere thanks to Mayor Allen and the
city authorities for the assistance
rendered us. EDWIN BRi.ciuEn,
Chairman.
At the recent meeting of the Radi
cal editors of Washington, at the
house of Charlos Brooks Adams, con.
sidorable dissatisfaction was express
ed with the way which things were
working in the Radical party. The
necessity for the creation of a third
party seemed to be uppermost in the
minds of these gentleomen, and before
they adjourned they agreed open the
following points, which are to form the
the basis of the next political cam
paign : First. A tariff for revenue
only. Second. Specie payments.
Third modified civil service bill.
It was ulaimed that the western green.
back theory had seen its best day, and
that a strong specie feeling is rapidly
extending over the Western States.
WINNSBOROa
Wednesday Morning, May 11. 1870.
"The sage of Fairfield.'
The Charleston Netus takes the al.
ways dangerous liberty of ridiculing,
though we confess with good humor,
a cotemporary's peculiarities. Under
the title of 'the sage of Fairfield.''
it slaps at that self-assertion and
egoism that runs through our compo.
aitions, and which is tlw eaction from
the timidity, seusitiveness and suffer.
lug of our boyhood ; for, since man
hood, we have endeavored to be just
what we might happen to be, and
tako the conseCquences. We had in
tended to reply to this liberty of the
News seriously, and possibly, severely;
and with the feeling of a Saint, ac.
tuated, however, no doubt, by the in.
spiration of the Devil, our thoughts
reverted to Matthew, seventh chapter
and fifth voise, when our good angel,
the Apollo of a free press, touched us
on the ear, and said . "Let it pass.
Do you not perceive that : n ,
YOUi PAPER R.OiLAni.Y Z and, 0, thou
Quintus Horatius FIbaccus of the South
Carolina press, how can he do ro, even
though a so mcwhat fligh thy sinner, andI
not b,oenomo a pious believer in your
now -National Const it utionail party a's
the true Federal policy of the South
and WVest ? Let him alone, for there
is hope of him even before 18741, the
liberal period of time that you have
generously allowe d to your more sober
and stendly neighbor, the Columbia
Pheni,x"
"You, my friend," continued the
Vates Apollo, "are to me a favorite
son, because of your gennine affetion
for the aflieted and despondent, but
great and glorious people of the
South. To your eyes, therefore, have
I revealed their imperial destiny.
Even now the earth shakes with the
heavy tramp of an advancing and tri
umnphant political hoat, and above the
din of political conflict, the all-com
manding Southern genius, as great in
the futLre as in the past, presides, and
the voice of Southern statesmen
can be heard 'loud as a trumpet
with a silver sound." In the persons
of Charles Pinckney and James Madi.
son, the South gave the Constitution
of the United States to the world, and
in those of Thomas Jefferson, George
Washington and Alexander Hamilton,
she gave the States Rights theory upon
which it could bo best administered
in the early condition of the country
as well as the Democratlo ideas and
consolidation theory which, in duo
season, have overthrown the suprema
cy of law for a time. But do not des
pair. The reaction hass begun. Soon
the two parties in the womb of the
present Republican party, the merely
Radical, aud a National Constitution
al party, will conmo to birth, and "the
elder shall serve the younger." This,
the great party of the future, of the
South and the WVest, the party of Ip
tornal Improvement, Free Trade, Im.
migration, Indutstrial -Development
and Territorial Exp nsion, the party
in brief, of thme Imperial Republic, will
first show its por and Its graneur
to a wondering world in 1874.. And
then, the herole character and tower..
lug intelleet of the6 South will beghti
to r se and role onee more. o, 'tell
four people this. Let the fa nt.har.-t-~
ed and the eraven,, the subjugated In-I
frin the,ir native soi. tm Ed ie d
true people of thI South "dwell 4
the land, for verily they shall be fe4.
When tlhat full tidp of prosperity a .d
grandeuf' sets in, whbo will remember
the affliotions and sorrows of these
days? Who will remember, except
with a smile, the blind maliee
which will have put, in the negro
vote, a powerful weapon into the
hands of a proud and chivalric peo
ple ? Where, then, will be the pygtn r
political spawn of to day? bhrunk
and shrivelled as a scroll. And the
lofty Southern yonius which 1-r.lo. d
Madison, and Pinckney, and Woh
ington, and Jeff -rs n, and HUamilton,
and Calhoun, w ill rise uporior to
passion, and in a lot.g line of distin.
guisbed soldiers and btat'nton will
once more serve the entire country,
and enlighten and bless the civilized
world."
So said the be.tutiful and sweet
voiced Apollo, and vanished into thin
air from our bight.
The Republican Invitation.
We were the first native of the
State to print the opinion, that there
is "no issue" any longer between the
different classes of our people, no is
sue of political ptinoiplo, and that we
are all, do facto, Republicans. The
issue is between i irtuous citizens and
an extravagant ring of sclf-seeking and
speculating office-holders. It is an
issue of mor+ils, of character, nout of
political principle. If this were soon
by all, as we fancy we see it, we
would urge a full attendance of every
class of our people at the Republican
July Convention. But such is not
the case, and we deem it best to c un
sel that Couservativo Republioons do
what they can in the counties, and
not meddle with the nomination of
Governor and Lieutenant Governor at
all. The time h, . not conic for them
to exert their full influence. Let
them fist show it in the Legislature.
By this course they will preserve their
dignity, and the popular mind will
not associate them with political
speculators and plunderers. But by
1874, we belioe, there will be but
one political party of much oonse
quence in this State ; for if the moun
tain does not come to Mahomet, Ma
homet will go to the mountain.
This is our reply to the course urged
by the Republ,oan organ. Neverthe
less, let every man not for himself.
Those who think tl-oy can meddle
with pitch and not be defiled, are
welcome to try it. We are not dis
posed to denounce them.
Senator Sawyer.
The gratitude of South C'ar-lina i
dte to U. S. Senator Sawyer; first,
for sncoeFsfully introducing the ex
cllenit pubie t.hools of Charleston
before the war ; and secondly, be
cause., since the e ar, though a North
erner by birth and a decided Repub
lican, he has done more substantial
good to the South than any other ciii
zon living South of the Potomao.
The Tide Turning.
We have more than once suggested,
that popular instinct is often much
wiser than politioal wire-pullors.
While there is almost perfect apathy
as to polition, comnbined with a pretty
general dhisposition to permit good
citizens who wish to go to the Legisla-.
ture, to do so, in the way and manner,
and by the party, that they them
selves think best, it being regarded
pretty universally as their personal
concern, the keen interest felt in ma
terial and industrial progress, in Free
trade, Immigration, and similar sub
jects, is most earnest, and is rapidly
kindling into the warmest enthusiasn.
This is the wave that. will lift the
South out of its troubles. This is the
tido that will float the South to a new
era of unequalled prosperity and
grandeur.
Grant's Weakest Point.
General Grant's wvenkrst point as a
publio man, is not that ho worships
rieh men and accepts presents fromt
them, which even Stanton refused to
do ; nor that lie deliberately deceiv
ed President Johnson, ini the stantorn
Johnson imbroglio, in .order to make
use of Johnson, while Johnson imnag
ined that ho was mnaking use of Grant.
These are serious matters, but' i
Grant would prove a wise ruler, they
would be forgiven, it not forgotten
by all. But his weakesb point: ise
that he Is an avowed Proteetionist, att~
obat t-otlonist, that it', of the progress
of the people, and has joined Er,tten
ring of bondholder. and tnonopoltets
la struggle with the materilwabte'
and inteoehts of the pepple, .n&
against theo scientIBe ielleoef the
civilised world. Aut0f ~upyp4np
WVe think ho-will,, so sodoas tihe
South and -West'abow theft4 jpowit
pli5nly. TIe is a imtyp, ARthe
Qpneral :of thme diestee ahy,
more of a Coneem,tiveilpalWa
.vi nb*,'tVe*of'a RaiId.. a
WiW i'tad?'wko EAaIMe
L.A
n athi nuuth a t, an ry lit
1 of *at is usually spalled telleo k
s peoeg fy to 'suoh )en, .pnabij
them to accomplish tat rec ts. W
are for Grant, as the beat the South
can do, for Grant, but against more
paTt.lgovernment or: radiealieni and:
as words are now used, until th,e fprl
iation of a new natioti aCnntltuJ
tional paity, we may be set down as a
Ootise$ v4tIjo: RepblIottn u4; Mdl1,ho
agree with us could 'conistoat1I ge
info'the RepublioaiiitiaiiiCob:
vention of July, and run for-the=Leg:
iblature on the Republican coun,ty
tickets, if they ha%e a mind to do so.
It is their personal effuir, and public
sentiment, we believe, is liberal about
it.
Science Uiaifyisng.
The questions upon which Southtrh
men will first be li.-tened to by'tle
North, are not political, but industri
al and scientific questions ; and by a
sort of wonderfully wiae instinct, they
are the very questions to which the
decoido4ly practical. genius' of the
South is devoting its mo.-t earnest at
tention. The repot upon .+uthern
Manufacttiring, for exanplie, just
made before the Charleston 1lomigra.
tion Convention, is certain to strike
the Northern mind and - make 'a deep
and lasting impression. The ttariff,
too, say Washington Currespondents,
is looming up into gigantic propor
tions. This is another question upon
which the South is certain to con.
tribute from the treasury of its
thought, and command a .national.
hearing. Upou all such, quostions,
which in their ultimate analysis,, are
scientific questions, all men, the world
ovet, listen to roton, and to facts and
figures, even when, stated. 1/y tliose
they hate. Who loves Beast Butler
down South I And yet who has not
been Interested In the scheme of in
tetnal Revenue he lately skotched,.
and who can deny that it would be
less infernal than the present une
qual and unjust and oppressive sys.
tem 1 All which goes to show, that it
is science, quite as muoh as morality,
that tends to bring together those
whom war has put asunder..
'-Enwollit mores, nec sinit esse feros."
Rejected Counsel.
People often grieve that their beat
advice is por.Xersely rejeoted ; but we
have learned to take it calmly, coolly,
philosophically, and withal, "surkas
tically." Solomon gave the reason of
the thing long since, in that instruo
tive record : "The poor man's wis
dom is despised." If our readers will
look around, they will see that croak
era about their counsel being rejected
are poor men, unsuces''ul men, men
of no standing in the community.
IMen Who are successful and rich, usu
ally are puffed up with a sense of
their dignity and influence, and look
down upon poor devils as they regard
others, just as the pet he goat, in the
farble, from t!.e t..p of a house-roof,
, xpresmed great Couten1'6 for a stury
ing wolf prowling bhelow, who aii
inIg!y remiinded Liim tha.t lie iad'e,d
the insult as noCt cmndingfTrota liiin btg
from hid position. Be then, iu posis
tion to counsel, or keep .yuor mouth
bhut. At least, look for indiffarence.
Th:r3 is still a deeper solutIon of
the.phenomnenon. 't'he two most pow
erful practical principles of hunman
conduct are imitation and' contradio.
tion. The rich and qnecessful, a more
tminority, are rnpi to badthbir. isdvice
listened to by,IIQp IUD at
principle of imitation, or ? strong do.
sire to be like them. Bu~t in anine
eases out of ten, when ad$coe I. giidb,
that contradiction.gi snatrs . of liloh
Scripture mnakes me.n.ioni peryat 1A.
iummodiately to, Itsewort abuse; .
that sound advice"is not like the p6le
star, the compass'aVid inamfi;' thirt
to the sailor, to gu4e him to so-ae
cure and peacemyl .haven, but~ I, is
rather like the mo,numenthat wisdom
erets, and the epitaph it prophetioal
ly wites~ over tlm4 ;ta eW duloidel
foly L.~A-9 :
A BIn14" flc4
We contduo to a4ooateps heOa't -
fore, a single di*ket: for ~the ,egisla
tu*e from -Faitfeld -Oounty. . Of.
obttrses *o taean, a R5ptiblieti tIeketi
upon whiclithe' o'ose'rtai e Itjhb'
liean elem)bit- will slad' be rereet-.
ed. ShQuld the adio'ti of tthe .Jne
ant4 1uly Co i ]hEidjce tos t'o.
olhange our epiinios,.e wIla alinorqs
olar.-readers. ile is fall tise, however,
for these who intdU*iovgo intoisither
C9em en .a6 o99u&%14 dmnt
Th ollow ter; r. J. C
Derb _-the ppp or t o ra.
3outb Carolina, will e sead wit} in
terest: '.
F.ditors of { te "harleston Coyrier:
Lioitatiu 1or. -inforwation *ocerning
Aitti, with' bie'eial fefdron'oe to the
rruit orop-I beg to say that I have
not had timp p 'tlz iycpeIghbors
and asoo'ajd-f1o7d heit'the coudition
A...# L. tohirgggs. ~L guld
udge, however, from current remarvs
un the subject: that the average orop
is about the mine with. other truit
rowers as with myself. The heavy
freeze about the middle of February,
and again about the middle of March,
when the mercury fell to 26 degrees,
destroyed the largest ' portion of the.
peach crop, which -at those periods
were in full blootu. I judge from a
cursory investigation that the product
of the Derby Farm. for peaches will
pmount to about .one.fifth of a full
crop. The peaches that escaped con
eist of the Early Tillation, Early
York, Fary trawford, Amelia Rare.
ripe, Chinese-Cling and Honey-peach
varieties. These now look in. a very
halthy condition, -as do the Neota
rines, which will be a full crop if they
escape the ouroulls. Apples and
Pears will be a full crop, as they are
now probably out of any further dar -
ger from frost. The same with t1w
Grapes-, which promise from our large
vineyard a mnot bountiful yield. : We
begin to pick Strawberries this week
and 'hope to have enough to be able
to makethe prices so reasonable- that
that all .an indulge" in the luxury of
this One fruit. Although nyt gerA
main- to the subject it may interest
sotne of your readers- to' know that
the cotton plantets in this vacinity
have flnished plonting,' the increase
being about one third more than last
year. Aiken has long been known,
as you are well aware, for its health,
giving qualities, but never, until with.
to a "few years, as a cotton-growing
region. A neighbor of mine raised a
bale- to the acre last year, and this
can easily be done with a proper ap.
plication of the right kind of fertili
zers. MQre corn and fodder has been
planted this yea* than- last.
The annual influx of viaitora from
the North culminates about the middle
of May. There has, been a larger
crowd than usual here this winter,
and with the increasing hotel. accom
modations, to be ready for the next
season, it is to be hoped that there
will be no more room for complaint
on that score. Yours truly,
J. 0. DERBY.
PRODUUv oF ONE Cow.-I send you
the proceeds of my cow for the two
seasons past. She dropped her calf
April 12, 1868. In the month of
June she gave an average of 46 lbs.
of milk per day ; the greatest aumount
in.one day 49' lbs.. the smallest 43
12 16 ; the amount of butter made
after deducting 1 12-16 lba. of milk
daily, fGr family use, was 57 2.16
lbs. ; average number of 1bs. of milk
to reduce one of butter was 23 12.16 ;
amnunt.of butter made in the year'
was 344 lbs6 which, valuied at 9.
per lb., price received for that sold,
$185.88 ;ecalf raised, valued at $15,
milk and cream used in family, $15 ;
milk for -:pigs,, $10 ; agricultural
premium,$l0. A mount, $185.88'
Ia 1869 the cow dropped her calf,
March 24th. I send .propcds for
104. months : Amount of i butter
inade, 400 .'lbs.; average price for
tWat saild, 35c. per Ib, or $140 ; calf
raised,.-valued at.$l15;-miik andocream
ueed in family, *15 ;,wilkc for pigs,
$10. Totalj$180.
,My cow. is kept,in pasture in sUWm:
mer. if pasture -gets short, I feed
once a dlay with green corn grown for
the purpose ; in witer, cora foddler,
with one feed of beets ;or, in absence
of beets, one feed .4t oore.~ weal of,
about 4 qua-t.--Andrewo Cone, Ease
Bloomiel, Ont. Co., N. 1'.
-Tea RAIflcAL WAL.r CArIPAIGro-A
USa 5, abuu,,o be issued for a-esaous
of:the Republicart.Senators.and mew.'
bars 'of- Congkessi to'take into considJ.
eration the necessit.y of- a central or.
ganisatlen to make.' dte 'preparation
for the< fall osmpaign, -especially in
tlie Soutthorn '8tates,- and to disos
what:issuesashall:be presented to the
eountry for the Forty-acond Oongreas.
The Iladicnis are alarmed at informa,
tion from the South leading to'the
1 ellef that the Oonservatl,esi snagy
elect a majority to the text 'House,
and bence this proposed grand con.
fer6nce. .' 4) . .
- Ma&rs or1Afa have come
to-the conclusion, if-.a man, or womany
either, wiebeer to retlise the full power
,of personal beauty, it must 'be by
eherishing ICble hope an'd-puupoese;
by.heving something to do, and gome.
thing to-live forg which is worthy of
humanity, dnd'rb-h,bymeapandieg
the capaelties of ther soul, gives es.
pension and 'asythetty -to ther body
wlol .oprai pi lt.--Prfesgor U7phant.
while a minister wa h owi fcqrtb
thf 4brch, a or a7okp t
is the @8fd4.
rW sai tt*a be4m
r*o b *hrM ead%fLe'g
's Ma bl 6abe
0: net'aIo
b4
The Pb de i of i ,
observe. - , .
In the sausti thdepltp lion
in the 8enste so ae o amend the char
ter of the Nort .aifle Rail Road
Company as to mro"a up dofiiencies
IW$h*o d igt,hgVant,lf- ldf'denator,
Howard well remarked:.
"The American peaple"' dematgd
threeAoi6o Rail Roads-one at, the
N,ofth, one through the centre and
4hother at the Southern part of the
United States; and these Rail Roads
they wllh bave;w6atever ty beahke
feeling of the Union PauiqAlQwever.
Its friend sand .servitors m,bamoved
by envy in regard to what -has been
called a competing line."
And in.this eon>ecotiop the Wash
iugtoo oortespondent of the same pa
per writes;
The hmport of the sub-Comnuttee
of the Psoio RoiI Itoad Comniite
on the Bill incorporating-tha South.
ern Trans.Coatinental Raliway Com
pany, concludes as followas
The queation, therefore, of tbe,
right of .a, rail road compan to a
quire 'lands fr'mn the State of Texas,
must be.deoided without reference to
the present State Constitution. We
entertain not the least doubt of the
power of the Legislature to enter ipto
an agreement with a corporation to
grant to them lands in aid of the
construction of a rail road, to be car
red out through the instrumentality
ff the State Land Ofice under pro.
per provisions of law, Lut fromt the
ezamination.we have given the, sub
j'ct, we are forced to the conclusion
that the. Memphis, El. Paso and' Pacie
fie, sometimes called the' TranD-Conti
nental Rail Road Company, by reason
fo their neglect to perform the work
required of them, have lost the right
to demand any more lands from Tex
as.
'The antouncement of the massacre
of the English captives by the bri
grands in Greece is really an event
much more startling in its way than
the detention of the Abyssinian cap.
tives by King Theodoros. All those
who were captured . were evidently
highly connected. One: of them
was the son of the Duke of Manches
ter, doubtless Viscount Mandeville.
Mr Herbert. belonged to the. Bl itish
diplomatic service, .itself a sign of
high osition. Mr. Vyuer is' proba
bly a brother-in-law of E rl do Grey
and Ripon, and Mr. Boye was Score
taryS to, Italian Legation.
'be sad trminuation of the afl'air
will probably load .to the extermina.
tion of the brigands. For y ears past
traveling in Greece has been unsafe
even near the towns. Parties were
conytantly seized by.brigand,. half of
whom were released under the, assur
ance that the other half would be
massacred if a fixed ransom was not
soon forwarded. At times, when the
troops have passed near. .the ia.nte
where the brigands wore pooepled,
unfortugate captives have .emaln d
fur a ounaide -tiwe .eside..a out.
throat, who held a pi*tol at. their eari
promising them to shoot -if ono "wrd;
ehoold betray their hidin4 plae.
In Italy they go a litt fhrther.
When the ransom is not ftothcomIng
there, the brigands send first a finger,
and then a slio of the. der of te
unfortunate vctim, as a, gentle re.
tutoder.
.All this is terrible is its way, and~
it is rather a. curious conmmentary ,an
the progress of the present ecenturj
,that the .wild.haunte.of thedadiani io..
the new yotid .sh.owl e. .safe .tg
travel through than tI.9 Impaes I&.
environs of towns. which werg eetle
birthplace. of European' eiyi am,,
and ir not the cradle, at les p,
nu.rsery, of the, ehri.kian- yeges
Baltimor Gpsete.
Senator LeAlie on the fIov'r tla
Senate, dat'ed suy' senator to call.
the teasons ofr his resignatios i
one tooc up the gauntlt so thsrowp
down. Iho Advisory Iloard 4are not
tyke steps to force the se-Let d Coan
mistioner t6 a stit o.i'esponsibliy iftr
the public funds'which assed'through
'his hands, Whop e, Nr *aaI a tlWeat.
ened N~ith ~roseclition'byj~~ prin
cipal in1h:be for that board irL.
lie tol t.hat high oN~ial t'eul s .h
were left in pdsoe, he would Wv his
prosecutor in his 9wn penitentiaryI
loss than two weeks. , qthq trh 9
this statement denied, and by' whoa I
Nor did Leaud Cousionhy L shl
con ne is o 4rtio6s fond
2 GO"a peilat4d toped
onmisslon. AcoofdIn'to i0port, he
Sthe pr4d~ opt~~~ Q
4 OO6 in ecess o h
act risid 60rlaed
beal inal iene,h,,~wi'
olikfs Whe Advd~~ eosd
of' 8te ~ te resasure,'ti
noy-Oefid'al are tr deper (6 the
Bledgroii the nbse' Is iaIW~
regarddd M ~'annleootn'event,'i
In the opinion of Dr. Hall, It eggsa
is beneficial, - ventie headsk or
'Joeb B 1llIp'sehs d9Meuuny~
rhel!e whagn, Itsibe 'wt&
about the boa they oi ien?
Tos?ra 3.4
Bavana, Muy 7.-GoIoa wlseap.
ured on Guogaba (eland. His co.
,anions-.-a canadian, three plots and
,wo Cubans--are still et large. Three
'Jeyreal1 p.;
el a'ooiuee ' httd''iti bft
Avener National Sdese and Reveil were
itis4d because of)
a. "false proola #
e "t., an lrroon.
ioltation of the iid law. Arrests
for ~upliQi$y to t g tpj oyt. epp n
Six tibers othe Ibt , tnuo o.
Diety 6f Workibgmeh aeW4 appre.
bonded at 8t. f14bg rtdlry'g
wors,of an outbreak a. lje, yel.
tordey,"$We-not conaraed. Ther.ad i
oal journals of the il*y stropgty'ad"
rise thepeop e t 6 be' a #
tegneorrow.s
Froas, WsMaRgtenp
WAsBIINoToWi+'M, %.440 session
of either House. Forney testifies
that the money; rGetld:. fro. 'But.;
lock, was for printing jobs, pawphlets,
apeeches, &o
The Mozart DeInotitio' Uoiotf
Democratic Union, Young Deboorsey
and German Central Cdmmittee met
at Masonic Hall, for the purpose of
edfooting a basis of agreement ' 6n
wtiioh to sot in nominating esndl.ates..
for the coming carapaigu. Thomas.
A. Ledwith was chosen Chsirmae.
A committee of lve from eieb , or-,
ganisatinwasappointed,to agree nppi'
a County ticket. It was further re
solved, that the c6mbined organisationi
should support no Tammany nominee.
The Conamittee of:Twenty will tseet
on Monday afternoon, to nominatq.
The United 8tates Government his
purohased General Halstead's to pedo
.boat, built dur'pg the war at Mstlo,
Conn., and lately lying at Newaik,
N. J. The originsl cost was $100,.
000. Its weight .ie~tenty-fVe tons.
Ten men are sulAent to man it.
News Items.'
JACKSON, Misr., May 7.-The 8en.
ate confimed'to the 8u reme'Adneh'
Simrell, Petton & Torbell. Bills. for
mi*e4 schools and equal rights ip
taverns were defeated.
Naw Yonici -Mij7.uThb laubdry
and kitchen of thge Southprp HoteL"
were burned last night. The guests
fled to: the streets, in their night
clothes. The damage to the ladodrt'
and kitehen was about $5,000. Many
Southerners were there. There were
many laughablo inoIdenti.
Passangere from San Franctseo en
Thurs., tho 28th ult., at'8 a. an.,
arrived in Now York oity at 7 o'oleck,
op. tesu.or,isng:of htbhe b, nsiz4adye,
and twenty-three hours, the 9uiokest
time yet made aoo the continent.
NawcYoluc, May 1, 7 P. M....
Uotton Armor ; with sales of 2,800
balese' plleds' 28; Orlean 23 .
Gold 14::."
"CJIAarii ' May ?.-dittes' 'ip
xl6iad-:rddling '214.; sa les $0
bales ; receipl'os.
-uplahd lOj; QrIeaos .1# 1 ); sdle.
8,000 bstle.
8en;toe . yads~ repentepeeh.$.s
~adedesloi gf Go9. Ames,, he got 9
the folow1 chifanost admirabte
tuon: - a ~ Qlo.
P 1e~ fore..
the szeap ~#nt~ te la4 (ot
indulgence Jn party o9ling will grow
upon ,a man eria 6et oe mep so strong.
14.bat invontiarily, gratnitousl ,
witout any inducement worta oftI~
ITIo:, negltth9,bebit will be iudelged.
There.js~ instagne ofi goIe
ofm a h A* '~teng.
an bh i f too 0 ei urya
o tni alnseisa
soudel Pa Qyk tqo Is
reoirn.a I ae
en a
- The IetetsbuI.(a)Oe ~ k i
foref fha$lom.
a' ofe'g tytuM
*t be a l~t1 ,idd
rt..r.. . h h ...,...sp
rna *mena s.?